A step-by-step tutorial, this explains how to use PageMaker version 3.0 and earlier PageMaker versions on the IBM PC and compatibles. Readers are shown how to create a newsletter as they learn all the details. PageMaker on the Apple Macintosh not covered.

Designed as a hands-on tutorial that benefits users of all levels, this book covers the basics of page layout, as well as creating complex, linked documents like magazines, brochures, and even books. Includes a CD-ROM sample disk with Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dimensions, and Adobe Premier demo versions.

Comprehensive reference and tutorial on Adobe InDesign CS5 If you want to thoroughly master InDesign from the basics through advanced topics, Mastering InDesign CS5 for Print Design and Production is the book you need. Written by the former InDesign technical lead for Adobe, this book helps you achieve professional results through efficient production workflows and advanced techniques. You'll learn how to collaborate within workgroups; work efficiently with text, objects, and variable text; perfect your printed output; get the most out of InDesign's transparency and effects tools, and much more. Above all, you'll see how to handle prepress to get the results you want. Shows you how to use Adobe InDesign CS5 to achieve professional results Written by the former InDesign technical lead for Adobe, who, in addition to his technical expertise, offers his own valuable advice and lessons learned from 20 years in the graphic design business Offers comprehensive coverage of topics, step-by-step instruction, and numerous examples and case studies Whether you're just starting with InDesign or a professional using it every day, this comprehensive guide will take your skills to a new level.

If you design to publish on a computer, in print or digital media, then this book is an essential resource. Both the quality and effectiveness of your work will improve through focus on design. This easy-to-follow book describes processes and tools available for successful desktop publishing (DTP), backed up with over two hundred illustrations. It reveals the tricks, secrets and magic ingredients for design in desktop publishing. Recommended for 'in-house' DTP and those studying: - Communications - Media - Business - Marketing - Design - Desktop publishing Mastering Desktop Publishing offers the reader techniques, skills and strategies to achieve effective results in publishing.

A fast-paced, thorough introduction to PageMaker, featuring 20 basic lessons, each taking just 15 minutes to one hour to complete. Perfect for anyone who wants to start using this new version immediately, as well as for those who want to review the capabilities of the program before purchase.

Mastering InDesign for Print Design and Production shows how experienced professionals with deadlines and billable hours use InDesign efficiently and effectively. Through the case studies and interviews, readers will find inspired to look beyond the over-emphasized basic features and into the depths of InDesign's utility for real-world print design. Most InDesign books are written for beginners, and experienced users are frustrated by them. When you already know how to make, fill, and thread a text box, the entire first half of most InDesign books is useless. But this one doesn't dwell on the basics. Mastering InDesign for Print Design and Production fulfills the promise of the Mastering series, to provide real-world skills to professionals and students. Like all Mastering books, this one includes: A "by pros for pros" approach: The author is an active professional working in the field of graphic arts, layout, and design, writing for professionals who want to improve their skills or learn new skills. Real-world examples: Running throughout the text are examples of how the various skills are applied in real scenarios, described throughout the book in the form of examples and case studies from the author's own design and consulting work, as well as interviews with other designers using InDesign on the job. Skill-based teaching and hands-on exercises Although the book has a comprehensive glossary, page one begins right away speaking to the core market—print professionals—in industry terms about industry challenges. This immediately lets experienced InDesign users know the book is about them. The approach is humorous, making the digestion and retention of complicated information easier for the reader through quips, anecdotes, and design- and print-geek humor. But at all times the book is true to its mission: Helping a professional do their job in InDesign without frustration, confusion, or aesthetic compromise.